Everything should be no drop

[Tarathiel]

no offense, but this idea is stupid.

[Tecmos Deception]

Seriously, Arc. Just come out of the closet and admit that you're butthurt by everyone who 1) is higher level than you, 2) has more pp/gear than you, 3) has more playtime than you, 4) has more fun than you.

You complain about everything you can possibly think of that could drag everyone else down to your level. Wahhhh, PL ruins the server. Wahhh, twinking ruins the server. Wahhh, we need a server reset. Wahhh, I can't have fun unless everyone else is held down to my level.

[Spitty]

Originally Posted by Ferok [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The assumption is tradeskilled and perhaps vendor items would be among the only not no-drop items.

Ah, assumptions. My favorite.

Droppable items are half the motivation for a wide range of group camps, and a fluid economy is half the appeal of an MMO like Everquest.

How depressing would it be to grind out levels at a camp while item after item rotted away? Would you suddenly have a spectator crowd of 6-10 people waiting for rot drops and crowding your camp, asking for buffs and getting angry when the guy that just showed up rolled and won a drop when they've been there waiting for hours?

How is that any better than item farming?

How depressing would it be to turn level 45, but have absolutely no access to your Kunark class gear because nobody's going to group a level 45 at disco or crypt?

Think of being a druid who turns 57 before they land a pair of ES arms that could have been used at 45, or a shaman who could have been clicky-buffing for ten levels before they finally got into a camp with Jaundiced drops.

Think of all the aggro weapons that make a tank a better player, but are now unobtainable at the levels where they make the most difference.

Negatives outweigh the positives, at least in terms of EQ's overall platform.

[Briscoe]

Originally Posted by Spitty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Would you suddenly have a spectator crowd of 6-10 people waiting for rot drops and crowding your camp

Icewell Keep, anyone?

[Breeziyo]

No, OP.

That's a stupid idea.

[Glorindale]

Originally Posted by Spitty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wait, what?

It would make tradeskilled items more valuable?

Explain to me, a barbarian shaman, how I would obtain a set of resist gear jewelry if it was all nodrop.

Uh...group?

[Ferok]

Originally Posted by Spitty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ah, assumptions. My favorite.
<Lots of totally valid points>

Your points are mostly valid, I'm not suggesting the all-no-drop thing. Just connecting dots.

[Arclanz]

Originally Posted by Spitty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

...a fluid economy is half the appeal of an MMO like Everquest..

An economy is half the appeal of EQ to you. I get that. An economy based on tradeskillable items certainly appeals to me; I have no interest in buying droppable items.

It is loathsome arriving at a camp only to see it coveted by some farmer(s). Which explains why I played on this server for less than two months; and that was two years ago.

[Ferok]

Originally Posted by Arclanz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

An economy is half the appeal of EQ to you. I get that. An economy based on tradeskillable items certainly appeals to me; I have no interest in buying droppable items.

That's nice, but it's not at all classic.

[Tarathiel]

Originally Posted by Arclanz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have no interest in buying droppable items.

It is loathsome arriving at a camp only to see it coveted by some farmer(s). Which explains why I played on this server for less than two months; and that was two years ago.

then dont buy them. you sound awfully entitled. what gives you more right to a camp because you have deemed yourself "lvl appropriate" to it over another guy who might be camping it for an alt or camping it to get pp for an upgrade? if they were there first get the hell over it and move on.